http://birthhealing.forummotion.com/birth-is-a-feminist-issue-f38/-t1.htm Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:15:34 GMT 10 http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh232/sammicambray/001-1.jpg http://birthhealing.forummotion.com/birth-is-a-feminist-issue-f38/-t1.htm http://birthhealing.forummotion.com/birth-is-a-feminist-issue-f38/silencing-feminism-t493.htm Morgaine Our culture has effectively silenced feminism. What our grandmothers fought for in the 60s is a dream that has been buried in a quagmire of sexism and misogyny. But we are told that the sexual revolution gave us our rights!? What rights? The right to vote? That's not much good to me is it. Not only do I only ever get to utilise that right once every few years, but the people I'm voting for are almost always men who have no interest in the things that would benefit me and my family and friends! ... Birth is a Feminist Issue Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:15:34 GMT http://birthhealing.forummotion.com/birth-is-a-feminist-issue-f38/silencing-feminism-t493.htm#2787 http://birthhealing.forummotion.com/birth-is-a-feminist-issue-f38/silencing-feminism-t493.htm http://birthhealing.forummotion.com/birth-is-a-feminist-issue-f38/feminist-reading-t480.htm Morgaine
I'm reading Fat is a Feminist Issue, it's really fantastic. I keep meaning to read (and I bought it on a garage sale for $2) Women who run with the wolves. I also own the Women's room. So that's my feminist reading list. What's yours?]]> Birth is a Feminist Issue Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:30:29 GMT http://birthhealing.forummotion.com/birth-is-a-feminist-issue-f38/feminist-reading-t480.htm#2699 http://birthhealing.forummotion.com/birth-is-a-feminist-issue-f38/feminist-reading-t480.htm http://birthhealing.forummotion.com/birth-is-a-feminist-issue-f38/who-has-control-over-our-bodies-t478.htm Sammi One thing that disturbs me about the current bills in parliament set to ban homebirth is the issue of control. Who has the right to make decisions about our bodies? Should my body = my choice? Under what, if any, circumstances should this right be taken away? And what role does how informed a woman is (e.g. a woman who has a strong knowledge of birth physiology, risks and benefits versus a woman who has done no research and/or hands over all responsibility for knowledge to her care provider) ... Birth is a Feminist Issue Sun, 28 Jun 2009 06:54:19 GMT http://birthhealing.forummotion.com/birth-is-a-feminist-issue-f38/who-has-control-over-our-bodies-t478.htm#2659 http://birthhealing.forummotion.com/birth-is-a-feminist-issue-f38/who-has-control-over-our-bodies-t478.htm